Alternative Treatment for Cancer (Annals of Traditional Chinese Medicine) (Annals of Traditional Chinese Medicine)

Cancer Treatment Has Enjoyed Half A Century Of Healthy Development, Relying Mainly On Surgery, Cytotoxic Therapy And Radiation. Achievements And Successes Are Well Reflected In The Longer Survival Period And Better Quality Of Life. Nonetheless, Cancer Still Spreads Locally, Recurs, Metastasizes And Remains One Of The Top Killers. Instead Of Concentrating On Cancer Removal, It Has Become Obvious That Supportive Measures Are Also Important. These Include The Means To Improve Quality Of Life During Treatment And To Contain Tumor Growth. To This End, Herbal Medicine Appears To Offer Holistic Support Via As Yet Unknown Pathways. This Volume Reveals The Practice Of Cancer Treatment Using Herbs From All Over The World, Including China, India And Japan. It Provides Comprehensive Information About The Herbs Commonly Used, The Logic Of Using The Herbs, Some Of The Mechanisms Of Action And Other Means Of Palliative Treatment. While Cancer Victims Have A Thirst For Choosing Their Own Supplementary Treatment, Health Providers Have A Duty To Explain To Them The Justifications And The Options. The Scientific Basis Of Chinese Medicine And Cancer Care: A Western Medicine Perspective / Stephen M. Sagar And Raimond Wong -- Recent Status And Outlook Of Traditional Chinese Medicine In Cancer Treatment / Dai-han Zhou -- Chinese Medicine And Cancer Treatment In Hong Kong: A General Review / Ping-chung Leung ... [et Al.] -- Advancements Of Ayurveda In Cancer Management With Special Focus On Hepatocellular Carcinoma / Premalatha Balachandran -- Complementary Approaches To Cancer In Italy / Ralph W. Moss -- Kampo Treatment For Cancer / Kenji Watanabe -- Risk Management Of Complementary Alternative Medicines In Cancer / Ursula Werneke -- Complementary Therapies For Cancer Patients / Barrie R. Cassileth, Jyothirmai Gubili, And K. Simon Yeung -- Positive Findings About Herbs And Natural Products Action On Cancer / Muriel J. Montbriand -- Mechanistic Studies On Combination Of Phytochemicals And Synthetic Drugs As Anti-cancer Agents / Shanmugam Hemaiswarya And Mukesh Doble -- Ethnopharmacology Approaches For Botanical Immunomodulators And Chemoprotectants In Cancer Therapy / Patwardhan Bhushan And Gautam Manish -- Bioactive Polysaccharides From Tcm Herbs As Anti-cancer Adjuvants / Raymond Chang -- Clinical Evaluation Of Herbal Formula Decoction In Treating Non-small Cell Lung Cancer By Various Rating Scales / Jie You And Zhi-ming Shi -- New Approach For Evaluating The Anti-breast Cancer Activity Of Traditional Chinese Medicine / John M. Pezzuto ... [et Al.] -- Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Studies Of Acupuncture / Gary Deng And Barrie Cassileth. Editors, Ping-chung Leung, Harry Fong. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Reveals the practice of cancer treatment using herbs from all over the world. This book provides information about the herbs commonly used, the logic of using the herbs, some of the mechanisms of action and other means of palliative treatment.